Category: 2017

I'm reading a novel that was recommended by a publisher as one to read for style for current submissions. Okay, I get that the setting might call for a bit more media exposure than a normal plot, but, to me, it's trying way too hard to be current. Facebook, Twitter, iPads, Youtube - even political … Continue reading When a Novel Tries Too Hard…

Tom Petty sings about it, where life is messy A world without dads and cold spaghetti The California dream has its limitations In a land of make believe and illusions They looked at me with awe and envy I couldn’t complain, every day was Thanksgiving Seen through their eyes beyond their reach Me living a … Continue reading California Screaming (#poem)

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Kathy grew up in Southern California with a book in one hand and a transistor radio in the other. She wrote her first song with a childhood friend and they called themselves the “Screamie Birds.”

After starting her career in Electronic Publishing in San Francisco, Kathy segued into Silicon Valley technical writing. But after Silicon Valley burnout, she started writing novels and then returned to her first love: music and found her way back to production.